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Title: Railroad structures and estimates
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Orrock, John Wilson, 1870-
Subjects: Railroads Railroads
Publisher: New York, J. Wiley & Sons (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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sand 5 yards floor 14 feet 12-inch tile Cast iron gratings $3. 50 18 004.00 2.75 $4.50 S8.00 $43.50320.00 17.006.00 .75 35.00 10.00 .50 S7.50 50.00 7.00 3.50 Heating Steam, air, and water Electric wiring and lights Floor 12-inch cinders 56 yards at 50 cts Door posts Proportion of end or fire walls drop and wheel pit per bay Engineering and contingencies 10^ 250.00 55.00 55.00 28.00 5.00 150 00 $2635.00262.00 Total $2900. 00 HEATING ENGINE HOUSES. 125 Fig. 60 illustrates a cross section of an engine house erectedby the L. S. & M. S. R. at Elkhart, Indiana. This house is a combination of flat and sloped roof construction,which is to be commended, as the engine fumes ascend into thehigh portion, and serves to keep the lower portion more free fromsmoke. The smoke jacks are 12 feet long, which allows thehostler some latitude in spotting the engines. The. cost of this house, which is 90 feet long, would averagefrom $2200 to $3000 per stall complete. 126 RAILROAD STRUCTURES AND ESTIMATES
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o. X o DC II- zo H o _ DO QO X - _.. £ .. - - ... BOILER HOUSES. 127 Boiler Houses. The boiler house is usually built behind the engine house, asan annex, principally to supply steam, air, and water to theengine house proper, and incidentally to supply heating for otherbuildings and cars in the yard if necessary. The building consists of machine, engine, and boiler rooms,with locomotive foremans offices, registry room, and lavatoryon one side of the machine room, having a small gallery for lightstores over. The boiler room is made sufficiently large to holdtwo or three batteries of boilers, with a coal bin on one side whichis filled from cars through the openings above. Approximate cost. (Fig. 61.)—The average cost of boilerhouses for the building only, ranges from $1.75 to $2.50 persquare foot; for the one illustrated the cost would be $6000 to$7000. For boilers and equipment 100 to 150 per cent extra. Two 100-horsepower boilers erected complete $3500 to $4000. Engine room equipme

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